Ray Willington
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Earlier in the week, Apple promised an announcement that the world would never forget. They probably shouldn't have said that, because by the end of this week, we suspect most people will have completely forgotten about this. There have been rumors over the years that Apple was considering a...
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Denon has pretty high standards, and the products from the company are typically very high end, very expensive and very good. Very, very good. But even a company like Denon can take the time to make things better, and they can even take...
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A Wacom tablet...for the Wii?! That's pretty much right, actually. Ever since Nintendo's Wii was launched, not too many wild and zany peripherals have come out that didn't incorporate the Wii remote in some way. For the most part, the Wii remote was as wild as it gets, so there's not a lot of...
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Warpia's not new to content streaming. In fact, they're one of the early ones to bring it to mass-market with a lower priced, USB-based solution. And now they're stepping it up a notch. With 1080p wireless streaming becoming the norm...
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Giorgio Armani is a respected name in a fashion. A hugely respected name, even. So what's his name doing on a cellphone? Actually, this isn't the first time such an occurrence has been spotted. Giorgio Armani has been used in conjunction with Samsung smartphones in years past, previously on a...
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Well, Asus and Garmin may be parting ways, but there are still friendships to be made in the smartphone world. Acer and Ferrari (yes, that Ferrari!) have managed to come together in order to put forth a new smartphone model based around Google's Android OS, and just like the Ferrari-based...
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Are streaming video games really the future? Sony's having enough trouble as-is convincing consumers that the PSPgo is a worthwhile purchase given that it cannot accept UMD titles, and InstantAction recently decided to give up and sell...
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We can't say we never saw it coming. Rahul Sood had withdrawn from the spotlight quite significantly in recent months, but it's still somewhat surprising. As of today, Rahul Sood is no longer planning to continue his role as the CTO of...
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As far as we knew, Jolicloud was a software company. And they still are. But now, they're a hardware company too. Or at least they are partnering with a computer maker in order to make themselves seem like one! Either way, Jolicloud is doing the unthinkable soon: they'll be introducing a...
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Another month, another new gaming mouse. In fact, it's getting hard to keep up with all of the options out there. There are dozens of choices from Razer, Microsoft and Logitech (among others), and now there's one from Tt eSports. This is a Taiwan-based company looking to make a move in a...
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There's a MeeGo Conference ongoing in Dublin, Ireland right now, and AMD is making some fairly big news there. As a little back-story, MeeGo is the realized result of Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo, smashed together to become a powerhouse open-source OS. It's meant to work on smartphones and...
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The Google TV craze is just now getting started, and while Google is battling with NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX to enable users to view content via Google TV devices, other companies seems more than eager to do business with the search giant. Many companies are optimizing their apps and websites for use on Google TV; it's a great way to get users...
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Gran Turismo 5 seems like vaporware to many. It's a game that has been delayed countless times. So many times, that many are believing that Sony won't ever ship it. But with the holiday season coming up, it seems like Sony has finally got...
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While North American definitely gets a lot of things first, it's lagging behind when it comes to content distribution at home. Japan has Blu-ray burners everywhere for burning content that see on television, and the UK's Freesat can be...
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By now, you might have heard of "Will It Blend?" It's a clever idea that puts new gadgets into a blender to find out whether or not it will blend. To date, every portable gadget ends up blending (surprise!), but here's an even crazier twist on that idea: "Will It Grill?" EZGrill, a company...
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It's a little hard to believe, but there's still no Netflix support for Android. Netflix streaming has been supported via an iPhone app for months now, and Windows Phone 7 support was granted just as soon as the OS hit the market. But Android has been around for years, and still no Netflix...
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Recently, with the introduction of the Indamixx 2 and a few tablets from Eurotech, we're beginning to think that specialized tablets may be the next big thing. Apple's iPad has so badly dominated the standard tablet market already that some companies are taking a slightly different approach...
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Well, the ultraportable market just got a lot more exciting. And a lot more varied. The IdeaPad U260 was just introduced by Lenovo, and it's said to be the world's first 12.5" ultraportable notebook. Basically, this provides a 16:9 widescreen aspect ration on a 12" (or so) display, making it...
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When you think of NAS drives, you probably think of big, rectangular boxes that aren't much to look at. There's probably 2 or 4 bays in there for hard drives, a power port and an Ethernet jack. They're all pretty simple, and they're all...
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And now, there's finally another reason to buy Sony's Dash. Previously, the Dash was a really niche device. It was a sophisticated bedside clock, and while the Chumby widgets provided a nice amount of information at a glance, the trouble is that few people stay by their bedside (awake) for very long. They're either hopping up and checking...
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Windows CE 5.0 may not be the most advanced mobile operating system on the planet right now, but there's still a place for it on certain devices. Certain devices like Eurotech's new rugged family of handhelds. The HRC-4200 and the HRC-3100 are both running Windows CE 5.0 and are based on the...
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It looks like Net Neutrality isn't the only thing on the mind of the Obama Administration. There's another issue that's gaining attention, and with Google growing, GPS becoming more mainstream and individual privacy rights being put into...
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